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On June 8th, 793, Northmen raided the English monastery at Lindisfarne, starting the age of the Viking! On June 8th, 2024, Mountain Run Winery and Ravenwood Foundation presents Ravenwood Medieval Faire will commemorate this date by bringing the Age of the Viking back to life with a mead festival & Viking-themed Medieval Faire. There will... Read more »
Before George Washington became America's first great general and president he was a surveyor in Culpeper County. Washington became Culpeper County's first surveyor at 17 years of age in 1749. Learn about how someone so young was able to become a county surveyor and about his first public position in Culpeper County. Learn about the... Read more »
Come join us at Mountain Run Winery to see some of these wonderful players on June 23rd as the Fredericksburg Theatre Ensemble Presents Shakespeare's As You Like It. The FTE will be presenting the classic tale of Rosalind and her love Orlando - but with a twist! This show is a refreshingly modern adaptation of... Read more »
Come join us at Mountain Run Winery to see some of these wonderful players on June 23rd as the Fredericksburg Theatre Ensemble Presents Shakespeare's As You Like It. The FTE will be presenting the classic tale of Rosalind and her love Orlando - but with a twist! This show is a refreshingly modern adaptation of... Read more »
Did you know that Culpeper played an important role in supporting the revolutionary cause in Virginia and in the events that influenced American independence? Learn about the people, places, and events shaped by Culpeper's patriots and see how these activities were written into the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and other founding documents... Read more »
Join us at the museum at 2:30 on Sunday, July 7 as we unveil the next in our series of Culpeper County historic markers in downtown Culpeper to commemorate the location of the county's first courthouse and its role in Culpeper's Revolutionary history. The unveiling will take place on the 250th anniversary of the 1774... Read more »
Join us on Tuesday, July 9 at 7 PM as the museum continues its lecture series! Culpeper County was among the earliest Virginia counties to produce Resolves in 1774. Join us as local historian Jim Bish explores the importance and uniqueness of these resolves. Virginia was the wealthiest and most populated of all of the... Read more »
Cedar Mountain Battlefield Foundation will host the Battle of Cedar Mountain in its first 1/100 scale war gaming event on Saturday, July 27th at 11:00 AM. The event will take place at Cedar Mountain Battlefield Information Center located at 9465 General Winder Road, Rapidan, Virginia (approximately 5 miles South of Culpeper off Hwy 15). Please... Read more »
Have you ever heard of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe and wondered who they were and what they did? Join us in August as local historian Dennis Loba talks about Spotswood and the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe-one of colonial Virginia’s best folklore adventures – the why and the wherefore. This program will be... Read more »
Join historian, Greg Mertz, as he leads a real-time tour of the Battle of Cedar Mountain. Considering the current daylight savings time, things occurred about an hour later than during the war. The 90-minute program will be held from 6:00-8:30 pm. Starting at the Cedar Mountain Battlefield Information Center located at 9465 General Winder Rd.,... Read more »
https://youtu.be/pjXWz4YEa0o?si=A39NWDxuXgYeleDa Each year the Museum partners with the local Luck Stone Quarry to provide a public access day to view Culpeper’s famous dinosaur footprints! More than 215 million years ago, during the Triassic Period, giant beasts roamed the region that we call home today. Then, in 1989, evidence of their existence was discovered at the... Read more »
Cedar Mountain Battlefield Foundation hosts historian Frank O’Reilly for a lecture about the military career of Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. Frank O'Reilly, historian and National Park Service Ranger is the acclaimed author of "The Fredericksburg Campaign: Winter War on the Rappahannock". The event will be held on Saturday 8/24 at 7:00 pm at... Read more »
